Tomato rot by Rhizopus microsporus alters native fungal community composition and secondary metabolite production by Mmanoko Napo, Alicia Kock, Kazeem A. Alayande, Michael Sulyok, Michael Sulyok, Chibundu N. Ezekiel, Jessie Uehling, Teresa E. Pawlowska, Rasheed A. Adeleke

“…We assessed the impact of the symbiotic R. microsporus harboring its endosymbiont as well as the fungus cured of it on: (1) the magnitude of spoilage in tomato fruits, as evaluated by Koch's postulate for pathogenicity, (2) the shifts in native communities of endophytic fungi inhabiting these fruits, as examined by ITS rRNA gene metabarcoding and (3) secondary metabolites generated by these communities, as analyzed using multi-analyte LC-MS/MS. …”
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